Device for preventing the soiling of hats and similar headgear



F. 0. WILSON 1,986,312 DEV1CE FOR PREVENTING THE SOILING OF HATS ANDSIMILAR HEADGEAR Jan. 1, 1935.

Filed Nov. 11, 1933 Invenior 7 fifiz a Misvzz y g Zg 2: I

Patented Jan. 1, 1935 UNITED STATES DEVICE FOR PREVENTING THE SOII JINGOF HATS AND SIIVIILAR HEADGEAR Fern 0. Wilson, Miami, Fla. ApplicationNovember 11, 1833, Serial No. 697,652

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for use in hatteries or millineryshops.

Ladies hat dealers find that hats in stock that are tried on from timeto time by customers become soiled on the inside, where they come incontact with the head from perspiration and also from powders used byladies, particularly'heavy coloredpowders, such as sun tan and others,which with the perspiration, discolor and soil the inside of the hat.Also, ladies, at least some of them, are in the habit of purchasing hatsand then returning them soiled, claiming that they were soiled beforepurchase, and of course, as a hat stock will contain some soiled hatsfrom being tried on, the dealer is not in a position to deny that thehat was soiled when sold.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a devicewhich may be readily applied or attached to the interior of the hat toprotect the sweatband or lining from being soiled, and when a hat issold the device may be easily removed, since in actual practice, it willbe merely basted or otherwise detachably applied or attached in the hatand the interior of the hat will be clean and consequently will not bereturned soiled with the claim that it was soiled when purchased.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be bestunderstood from a study of the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a hat having the invention appliedthereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of the device.

Figure 3 is a sectional view therethrough and Figure 4 is a perspectiveview of the cellulose sheet or other material to be used in unfoldedcondition.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals it will be seen that thedevice comprises a band 5 cut from a blank of Cellophane or similarcellulose material or any other material whether of cellulosecomposition. or otherwise and which is of suitable dimensions andpreferably moisture proof, but it is understood that other materialswhether moisture proof or not may be used without affecting the scope ofthe invention. In actual practice the band 5 has an edge portion 6thereof folded upon itself on a fold line 7 and secured to the outerface of the fold 6 is one edge of an attaching band or bias strip 8 oflawn or similar material, the longitudinal edges of which are folded asshown. One of said folded edges of the strip 8 is secured as abovesuggested to the band 5 adjacent the fold line 7 through the medium ofstitching 9.

In Figure 1 the hat is designated by the reference numeral 10 while thesweatband or lining of the hat is indicated by the reference numeral 11.As shown in said figure the auxiliary band or strip 3 is basted as at 12to the base of the sweatband or lining 11 and extends concentrically of,and within the confines of the sweatband or lining 11 with the band 5extending inwardly and substantially concealing the sweat band or lining11 and serving to protect the band or lining 11 from in any wise cominginto contact with the head of the customer.

It will be apparent that with the device so applied to the hat that thetrying on of the hat will not result in a soiling of the band or liningl1 and that when the hat is sold the device may be readily removedtherefrom so that the purchaser will receive a hat the sweatband orlining of which will be in a clean, unsoiled and sanitary condition.

It will also be understood that in actual practice the protector willlie close to the interior of the hat, coextensive and coterminus withthe sweatband so that the likelihood of customers while trying on thehat, to notice the protector is almost negligible. Also, by reason ofsuch, and the nature of the protector itself the same will in no wiseact to displace the hair or flatten it out and will enable theprospective purchaser to get the desired feel of the hat.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

1. As a new article of manufacture a sweatband protector comprising anannular band of moisture proof cellulose material, and a bias strip oflawn or similar cotton material stitched to the band adjacent one edgethereof.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a device for use in trying on hatsconsisting of an annular band of light, destructible, moisture proofcellulose material having an edge portion folded upon itself and a biasstrip of fabric stitched adjacent one edge to the folded edge of theband.

3. In combination with a hat, a sweatband protector comprising anelongated strip of moisture proof cellulose material and a secondelongated strip of fabric of materially less width than the width of thecellulose strip, said cellulose strip having a folded edge portion andsaid fabric strip having an edge portion united to the folded edgeportion of the cellulose strip, and also having a second edge portionadapted to be basted to the sweatband of the hat at the edge of thesweatband united with rim of the hat, said cellulose strip and saidfabric strip being adapted to be folded inwardly against the exposedface of the sweatband with the cellulose strip having its free edgeprojecting inwardly beyond the free edge of the sweatband in a manner tosubstantially entirely conceal the sweatband and to protect the samefrom contact with the head.

4. In combination with ahat having at-sweatbandattachedadjaent its rim,"'a strip of @m'oisture proof cellulose material and a strip of fabricmaterial of a width materially less than the width of the cellulosestrip and permanently united at one edge with one edge of the cellulosestrip, said fabric strip having a free edge portion temporarilyconnected by basting with the sweatband adjacent the edge thereof unitedwith the rim of the hat, and said cellulose strip being of materiallygreater width than the width of the sweatband. I

-FERN"-O. WILSON.

